Aw, thank you! But I can see it as a really polished piece of graphic art in my head, and I have no way to get those clean lines and surfaces onto the page. Bah.

When I post the next chapter, I'll include a link to this, since it's an illustration of the first paragraph. :)

It's simulated watercolor and ink. Painter Classic lets you imitate various traditional materials with a drawing tablet. The undo key is the only reason I have a snowball's chance in hell of getting a faint likeness.

Now, obviously, I need to google for Yoshitaka Amano, because I'm an ignoramus.

How cool. I had a very crappy tablet once, and didn't get much use out of it, as the surface area was maybe 3 inches by 3 inches.

Yoshitaka Amano is great, and even Final Fantasy relevant. He designs all the logos and does/did some character design.

He also illustrated the Sandman Dream Hunters graphic novel, my copy of which I managed to be signed/doodled in by both Gaiman and Amano, and yet is sitting quite neglected in my very exposed living room bookshelf. I shouldn't be allowed to have nice books, ever.